15) Holiday - Day Fifteen (6th June 2008)

15) Day Fifteen - 6th June 2008
GRINDELWALD
I came here all by myself from Sugiez. The weather was foggy and most places you need to take cable car which i'm phobia with, unless there is someone with me. Too bad, i sacrificed my urge to see the glaciers. Maybe one day with my hubby. But on the whole, the view there is awesome and you feel kindda peaceful.

Down from Grindelwald, I venture around Interlaken Ost. This is what I stumbled. From far, I thought "What?...swimming pool in this area?" When I get nearer, it was a river/lake.....as you see here in the photo, turquoise coloured wateR.
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14) Holiday - Day Fourteen (5th June 2008)

14) Day Fourteen - 5th June 2008
MONT VULLY - LUGNORRE

A great little mountain, went up there just to simply relax and enjoy the marvellous views of lake, hills and towns.

Sunset at Mt Vully, my credit to the photographer Richard Flynn.net(http:RichardFlynn.net)

13) Holiday - Day Thirteen (4th June 2008)

13) Day Thirteen - 4th June 2008

FRIEBURG- GERMANY

Was here with Faritha. She got tickets from Council which cost CHF32 with return ticket to any part of Switzerland on the stated date. We change train at Biel and proceed to Frieburg.


Grafiti at one of the underpass in Frieburg.
We didn't managed to cover much in Frieburg due to understudy of the area before departing.

12) Holiday - Day Twelve (3rd June 2008)

12) Day Twelve - 3rd June 2008
I accompanied Faritha to her medical appointment. We lost our way there, anyway we managed to reach the clinic on time.










Clinic's vicinity
A Farmer's House










Rock sculpture found infront of a house.







Photos taken during our "LOST' journey to the clinic.

















Fribourg
Fribourg has preserved its medieval center as a whole that is now one of the largest in Europe.

11) Holiday - Day Eleven (2nd June 2008)

11) Day Eleven - 2nd June 2008
LUGNORRE
Visit an elderly couple, a friend of Faritha. Very nice couple, wife named Eliza and hubby named Sam a retired engineer from Geneva.

10) Holiday - Day Ten (1st June 2008)

Day Ten - 1st June 2008
GENEVA

Albert and his wife Faritha drove us to Lyon due to unavailability of hotel around Lyon Gare Part Dieu. It was then decided, they drove us there and back to Sugiez on the same day.

We made a short stopover at Geneva to admire the Jet D’eau @ Geneva.

This man-made water pump The Jet d'eau is quite impressive as it shoots water to a height of 100m and is the most famous landmark in Geneva. It's better if you walk along the jetty which extends from the port to the fountain itself.

As we drove by, we passed by The English Garden’s flower clock. I was screaming for the car to stop, but you can't always order someone around, right?.... :(

LYON

We reached Lyon Gare Part Dieu ahead of time at 6+pm, we still have 2 hours to go before we could meet Raihanah's foster parent.......we were WRONG! Raihanah received sms from her friend 'Anna where are you, the parents are here waiting for you!' Oooppss.....Raihanah did not get the amended email, to meet at 6pm! Like a busy bees we whizzed through the station looking for them, which was on the other end. Mdm Nicoloyanis came in just in time we reached there and without any further delay, she assured me that Raihanah will be served Halal food as there is no problem for Halal food in Paris. Bye bye and take care and whozzz she disappeared in seconds. Didn't get to survey Lyon, maybe next time.

Anna & her foster parent, Mdm Nicoloyanis

Faritha and Albert missed seeing the foster parent, as they were looking for parking lot and i tried to call them but the phone just went dead.

The traffic was crawling on our way home due to European Football Portugal's fan lined the expressway.

9) Holiday - Day Nine (31st May 2008)

9) Day Nine - 31st May 2008
JUNGFRAUJOCH - TOP OF EUROPE



Hahaha that's more looked like a "Stranded Whale of Jungfraujoch"
Some Indian guys who wanted to be photograhed with me the Stranded Whale of Jungfraujoch.








ICE PALACE



Some Korean actor selling watches at Top of Europe.

Today, for the first time in my life I get to see snow. Macam jakun gitu....
As per train schedule, it need two hours up and two hours down from Interlaken OST. From Interlaken OST we change train at Lauterbrunnen. This train had the special rail called “cogwheel” which help to propel the train up the steep mountain.
We're lucky today and I salute the inventor of Cogwheel and the people who sacrificed their lives to build this railway by digging through these mountains in the early 1900s. It were due to these people that enables me to see, touch and feel the REAL SNOW!! No need to climb the snowy mountain by myself (impossible for me to do that at this age hahah)

Jungfrau or Jungfraujoch is named “Top of Europe” because it is the highest train station in Europe.

There is TV programme in multilingual language inside the train to explain the making of Jungfraujoch.
The air is very thin, I had difficulty in breathing The temperature outside is around -4 or -5 degree Celcius… but i came prepared with thermos flask filled hot coffee. Here I promised my daughter that I will exercise regularly and here too I cried my heart out thinking of my father and here too I experienced how he often said that he is tired even when he is eating due to his breathlessness. May Allah blessed his soul, Amin.
Entering the Ice Palace is not as freezing as i thought, but wow the surrounding is too beautiful to describe.
Back to Interlaken, I actually wanted to stroll around for the last time, but unfortunately my faritha get tired of waiting for us, as she is having migraine attack.